T H E 
NEW PHYTOliOGISI. 
December 23 rd, 1902. 
Vol. 1., No. 10. 
EDITORIAL. 
f \HE close of the first year of existence of the New Phytologist 
offers a convenient opportunity for considering the position of 
this new venture in botanical journalism. 
The organism whose first appearance was made last January 
is not only still alive, hut has great hopes of continuing its existence 
far into the future. Though its characteristics are at present not 
quite those which were contemplated at its birth, yet considerable 
alterations of character are by no means unknown in the early life- 
history of living beings of all kinds, and if circumstances have to some 
extent forced this particular individual out of the most desirable 
path, a change in the direction of the type on which it was originally 
planned is still possible. 
The Editor much regrets the almost complete absence of Notes 
on Recent Literature and other subjects of current botanical interest, 
especially during the latter part of the year. Contributors of these 
have, so far, not been forthcoming, and it is impossible for the 
Editor himself to undertake more than a very small portion of such 
work. Nevertheless it is felt that this feature should bean integral 
part ©f the New Phytologist, if the journal is not to become a 
mere collection of short papers. A systematic attempt will be 
made to secure a series of such Notes for the new volume, but the 
Editor desires to impress upon all those who take an interest in the 
welfare of the journal (and he is glad to believe that their number 
is not small) the great service they would be dorng it by 
occasionally contributing matter of this kind. 
Correspondence, also, has for the most part been conspicuous 
by its absence ; and this again the Editor regrets, believing that a 
freer discussion of the innumerable points that arise in connexion 
with botanical work of all sorts, would be of great benefit to every 
one concerned. A fear which had been expressed in more than one 
